var CurrentUser;    //Global variable 

function getName() {
    var user = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("loggedinUser"));
    CurrentUser = user; //Added to set current user in global var 
    if (user) { 
        console.log("Currently logged in:  " + user["name"]); 
        document.getElementById("name-goes-here").innerText = user["name"]; 
    } else { 
        console.log("No one is logged in"); 
    } 
}
getName(); //run the function
function populateHistory() { 

        var users = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem("users"));   //the whole users database 
        let email = CurrentUser["email"]; 

        const user = users.find(u => u.email === email); 
 
        if (user) { 
     
            historyArray = user["history"]; 
            historyArray.forEach((hist) => { 
                // Get references to the HTML card and div to hold the history 
                let historyCardTemplate = document.getElementById("simple-history-card"); 
                let historyCardGroup = document.getElementById("history-goes-here"); 

                let onecard = historyCardTemplate.content.cloneNode(true);

                d = hist.date; 
                onecard.querySelector(".info").innerHTML = d; 
                historyCardGroup.appendChild(onecard); 
                 
            }) 
             
        } else { 
            console.log("No one is logged in"); 
        } 
} 
populateHistory(); 